Pfc. Nathaniel A. Given, 21, an infantryman assigned to Company D, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, was killed in Iraq Dec. 27 when he was attacked by an improvised explosive device during a combat patrol.

Sgt. Christopher P. Messer, 28, an infantryman assigned to Company D, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, was killed in Iraq Dec. 27 when he was attacked by an improvised explosive device during a combat patrol.